IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF TOURISM
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IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF TOURISM
IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF TOURISM BIANNUAL ACADEMIC TOURISM BULLETIN Year: 1 No: 1 January 2014 Prepared By: Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir / Res. Asst. Özgür Sarıbaş – Translated by Res. Asst. M. Yavuz Cetinkaya Please click for archive: http://turizm.ikc.edu.tr/files/150/temmuz2014_bulten.pdf /E-mail: cengizdemir@yahoo.com / ozgursaribas@yandex.com Department of Tourism Management First in the field of T-M 1 (In National University Examination) The Department of Tourism Management, Faculty of Tourism in Izmir Katip Celebi University accepted the students with the highest score “351.403” in the field of TM-1 in 2013 in Turkey. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir, emphasizing that there is a significant share of team work and trust provided within the faculty as well as the academic staff majority of whom having international graduate diplomas and publications for the success of Faculty of Tourism, told that Faculty of Tourism, Izmir Katip Celebi University became the first and only tourism faculty in the field of Tourism Management in Turkey which has undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programs in 100 % English with the approval of Tourism Management Doctorate program %100 in English by Higher Education Board. We are proud of managing to reach our goals in a short time like one year. In a short period of time, we became an international faculty by signing Erasmus Exchange Mobility Program agreements with 18 distinguished European universities, student and academic staff exchange program agreement with Bishop’s University from Canada, becoming member of international tourism organizations such as AMFORTH from France and ATLAS from Netherlands. We managed to success this by employing the best academic staff in their field. “Scientific Publication Honor Award” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atilla Akbaba Faculty of Tourism “Best Paper Award” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zafer Öter Faculty of Tourism Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zafer Öter, Vice Dean of Tourism Faculty and Head of Tourism Guidance Department in Izmir Katip Celebi University with Assoc. Prof.Dr. Nuri Özdoğan from Adnan Menderes University and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Hançer from Oklahoma State University were rewarded with the “Best Paper Award” for the academic paper entitled “A Debate on Food Cost and Sustainability: The Role of Executive Chefs in All Inclusive Hotels”, presented in the Asia Pacific Conference CHRIE (Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education, which was held in People’s Republic of China. This research paper was chosen as the best paper among the 135 academic papers presented by many university participants from European countries as well as tourism researchers from countries such as UK, USA, Malaysia, China and Australia etc. Izmir Katip Celebi University 2013-2014 Academic Opening Ceremony was hosted by Rector Prof. Dr. Galip Akhan. The first official ceremony was started by laying a wreath at Ataturk's Memorial in Republic Square. The academics were rewarded with “Scientific Publication Awards”. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atilla Akbaba, one of the members of Faculty of Tourism, was rewarded with the “Scientific Publication Honor Award” in the field of Social Sciences. We should give up "All Inclusive System" Making Our Values Worthless! Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi Turizm Fakültesi Dekan Yardımcısı Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir, Dean of Faculty of Tourism Faculty in Izmir Katip Turizm Celebi University, commented about 2013 year Rehberliği Bölümü Öğretim international tourism statistics of world tourism. He stated that the world tourism attractedÜyesi 1.087 billion international tourists in 2013 and Zaferinternational Öter, Çin Halk Turkey as a country took the 6 th place in the world by hostingDoç. 39.2Dr. million tourists. By stating that “All Inclusive” system Cumhuriyeti’nde düzenlenen 11. damaged Turkish tourism considerably, Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir told that, with the lowest cost anybody will spend to watch a football Asya Pasifik CHRIE (Council on match of Barcelona F.C, can stay for a day in a 5-star hotel with “All Inclusive” system in Turkey. In addition to this, He underlined that Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional the fact that why tourists intend to spend less despite the fact that Turkey hosts more than its 50 % international tourists from Euro pe Education) Konferansında, Adnan continent should be examined. Menderes Üniversitesi’nden Doç. Dr. Osman Nuri Özdoğan ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF TOURISM BIANNUAL ACADEMIC TOURISM BULLETIN Year: 1 No: 1 January 2014 Prepared By: Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir / Res. Asst. Özgür Sarıbaş – Translated by Res. Asst. M. Yavuz Cetinkaya Please click for archive: http://turizm.ikc.edu.tr/files/150/temmuz2014_bulten.pdf /E-mail: cengizdemir@yahoo.com / ozgursaribas@yandex.com Turkey should have a voice in Luxury Tourism Market! Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Tourism welcomed premier Erasmus guests Regina Bagdonavičiene and Anastasija Vasiljeva, academic staff of Utena University, Lithuania, where Prof. Dr. Cengiz Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir, Dean of Faculty of Tourism, Izmir Katip Celebi University, attended 9th International Chinese Foreign Tourism Forum, held in Chinese capital Beijing in July 2013 as the only speaker from Turkey. In the forum, held in China, where the year of 2013 was announced as Turkish Culture Year, Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir gave a presentation entitled as “Luxury Tourism Potential of Turkey” which was highly appreciated by industry representatives coming from different parts of the world. Izmir Katip Faculty of Tourism, Izmir Katip Celebi University, attended “World Association of Hospitality and Tourism Education and Training-AMFORTH) World Forum as a member faculty. Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir, attending the board meeting, suggested that "2015 World Forum" should be held in Izmir. In the forum which was held in Tunisia, what can be done to improve the tourism education and training activities and increase educated and trained staff in tourism organization which was attended by the seminars about “Mentoring Training" in last visited Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir, Dean of industry were discussed in detail. In the Demir, Dean of Tourism Faculty went to give February, "2015 World Forum" to be organized in Izmir by Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir host country Tunisia at ministerial level, Celebi the University on 30 th May 2013. distinguished representatives of tourism industry coming from different Assoc. Prof. Dr. Loreta Olberkyte, parts of the world gathered together. one of the lecturers in International School of While it was being decided that the next Law and Business University, Lithuania year's organization would be held in visited İzmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty Bologna, Italy in AMFORTH World of Tourism on 26 th September 2013 within the scope of Erasmus Exchange Mobility Program. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Loreta Olberkyte gave seminars about her own home university and tourism in Lithuania to the academic staff of faculty of tourism within the scope of the visit. Furthermore, she stated that many students will be coming to Izmir Katip Celebi University by erasmus exchange agreement in 2013-2014 academic education year. Forum, Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir, Dean of By emphasizing the important products that Turkey has in Luxury Tourism Market in his presentation, Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir, told that only the number of 5- star hotels of Antalya is more than the number of 5- star hotels in whole Spain. By reminding that cities such as Antalya and Istanbul are providing highly qualified product and service to Luxury Tourism Market, Prof. Dr. Cengiz Demir stressed that there are important reasons for Chinese tourists to visit Turkey. Faculty of Tourism, Izmir Katip Celebi University, suggested that "2015 World Forum" should be organized in Izmir.